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    1. Re: [STATE-COORD-L] Link requirement on National pages
    2. Joy Fisher
    3. ... so kill 2 rocks with one bird, put the county selection list on the main page --- Betsy Mills <betsym@1starnet.com> wrote: > I am quite disturbed to realize that the requirement > for "Pointer to state > page" states: > > "Every page must have a pointer to their State > County Selection List > maintained by the state coordinator. (You might also > put a note telling > people that if they have an interest in adopting a > county they should > contact the state coordinator and provide the state > coordinator's email > address)." > > There is NO requirement to link to the main state > page although that is how > most of us have interpreted that rule. There has > been discussion on this > list, I think, about how to keep people from linking > to sub-pages instead > of the main site page and yet, this rule can be > used/interpreted exactly > that way. A county site MUST link to a sub-page > rather than the main > state page. Also notice that this states "EVERY > PAGE" - and so that means > I need to change my state links on every one of my > county pages to the > County List page rather than the main site? I am > really not happy about this. > > Has anyone else besides me not noticed this > before???? I personally will > not enforce this in my state, but I know other > states are. > > Betsy > ARGenWeb SC > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com

    06/08/2003 10:01:16
    1. Re: [STATE-COORD-L] Link requirement on National pages
    2. David W. Morgan
    3. On Sun, 8 Jun 2003, Joy Fisher wrote: > ... so kill 2 rocks with one bird, put the county > selection list on the main page Yep, that is the way it was in Texas for years. David > > > --- Betsy Mills <betsym@1starnet.com> wrote: > > I am quite disturbed to realize that the requirement > > for "Pointer to state > > page" states: > > > > "Every page must have a pointer to their State > > County Selection List > > maintained by the state coordinator. (You might also > > put a note telling > > people that if they have an interest in adopting a > > county they should > > contact the state coordinator and provide the state > > coordinator's email > > address)." > > > > There is NO requirement to link to the main state > > page although that is how > > most of us have interpreted that rule. There has > > been discussion on this > > list, I think, about how to keep people from linking > > to sub-pages instead > > of the main site page and yet, this rule can be > > used/interpreted exactly > > that way. A county site MUST link to a sub-page > > rather than the main > > state page. Also notice that this states "EVERY > > PAGE" - and so that means > > I need to change my state links on every one of my > > county pages to the > > County List page rather than the main site? I am > > really not happy about this. > > > > Has anyone else besides me not noticed this > > before???? I personally will > > not enforce this in my state, but I know other > > states are. > > > > Betsy > > ARGenWeb SC > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). > http://calendar.yahoo.com > David W. Morgan dmorgan@efn.org Honolulu Hawaii SC - TXGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgenweb/ FM - http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/txfiles.htm ** http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dmorgan/

    06/08/2003 07:08:39